,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bd1      
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to discourage   
the use of payment of money as a        
condition of pretrial release in        
criminal cases1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,no ,money ,bail ,act of #bjai4 
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,nearly #fj percent of 
the inmates in jails in the ,united     
,states are pretrial detainees who have 
not been convicted of a crime1 an       
estimated #ge percent of whom have been 
charged with nonviolent crimes4  7#b7   
,under current bail systems that use    
payment of money as a condition of      
pretrial release1 nearly #ej percent of 
the most dangerous pretrial detainees   
are released without supervision1       
according to a study by the ,arnold     

,foundation4  7#c7 ,throughout the      
,nation1 those with money can buy their 
freedom while poor defendants remain    
incarcerated awaiting trial4  7#d7      
,pretrial detention costs ,state and    
local governments an estimated          
#ad1jjj1jjj1jjj each year4  7#e7        
,pretrial detention should be based on  
whether the accused is likely to fail to
 appear in court or is a threat to      
public safety1 not the ability to pay   
money as a condition of pretrial        
release4  7#f7 ,the ,states1 the ,united
 ,states ,department of ,justice1 law   
enforcement agencies1 public officials1 
and community groups should collaborate 
to develop pretrial detention systems   
that improve public safety1 reduce      
costs1 and discourage criminal behavior4
  #c4 ,eligibility for grants under the 
,byrne ,,jag ,program ,section #eje of  
the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe  
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgee7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7a7--  7,a7 by adding at the end the    

following3  7#c7 ,eligibility ,beginning
 with the third fiscal year beginning   
after the enactment of the ,no ,money   
,bail ,act of #bjai1 the ,attorney      
,general shall not allocate any amounts 
appropriated to carry out this part to  
any ,state that uses payment of money as
 a condition of pretrial release with   
respect to criminal cases4  2 and  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#a7 by striking in        
paragraph 7#b7 and inserting in         
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  7#b7 in  
subsection 7f7--  7,a7 by striking ,if  
the ,attorney ,general and inserting    
7#a7 ,in general4--,if the ,attorney    
,general2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7#b7 ,state ineligible 
due to system of bail ,notwithstanding  
paragraph 7#a71 if the ,attorney        
,general determines with respect to any 
grant period that a ,state is made      
ineligible by subsection 7a77#c71 the   
,attorney ,general shall reallocate any 
amounts allocated to or that would have 
been allocated to such ,state for such  

period-- 7,a7 among the other eligible  
,states2 and  7,b7 in proportion to     
allocations among eligible ,states under
 subsection 7a74  4  #d4 ,prohibition of
 money bail in ,federal criminal cases  
,notwithstanding any provision of       
,federal law1 no justice1 judge1 or     
other judicial official in any court    
created by or under article ,,iii of the
 ,constitution of the ,united ,states   
may use payment of money as a condition 
of pretrial release in any criminal     
case4